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Alex Saab Pleads Guilty in U.S. Money-Laundering Case

Alex Saab Pleads Guilty in U.S. Money-Laundering Case

AI Leaders Warn of Risks From Rapid Development as Global Debate Intensifies

AI Leaders Warn of Risks From Rapid Development as Global Debate Intensifies

Russian Hackers Publish Confidential Medical Information of U.S. Athletes

Russian Hackers Publish Confidential Medical Information of U.S. Athletes

Hungarian Government Plans to Repeal Same-Sex Adoption Restriction

The Hungarian government announced plans to repeal restrictions on same-sex adoption, marking a potential shift in the country's social policies.

Anthropic CEO Calls for Slower AI Development Amid Safety Concerns

The CEO of Anthropic called for a slower pace of artificial intelligence development, citing safety concerns and the need for stronger oversight.

DeepSeek Launches V4.1-Flash as It Prepares for Shanghai IPO

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek released V4.1-Flash on Thursday, calling it the smallest model in its new architecture family, just as it gears up for a planned lis...

Oracle Beats Q1 Hopes as Cloud Infrastructure Revenue More Than Doubles

Oracle reported fiscal first-quarter revenue up 30% to $19.3 billion, beating estimates as cloud infrastructure revenue more than doubled and the company added ...

Everything Announced at Apple's Surprise and Shine Event September 9, 2026

Apple's surprise Shine event on September 9, 2026 unveiled the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max with the A20 Pro chip, a new Siri powered by Apple Intelligence, adjust...

OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Images 2.5 With Faster, Sharper Image Generation

OpenAI released ChatGPT Images 2.5, featuring faster generation, improved fidelity, consistent edits, and comment-based editing controls.

OpenAI Chief Scientist Calls for Voluntary AI Slowdowns in 'An Alien Mind' Essay

Jakub Pachocki, the scientist leading one of the fastest AI labs, argues in a new essay that no lab has solved alignment well enough to keep scaling at maximum ...

Turkey Court Orders X to Block Accounts Backing Jailed Mayor

An Istanbul court ordered X to block at least 21 accounts over national-security claims, including a network of relatives of jailed opposition figures, as Turke...

Bandai's Tamagotchi Ring Puts a Virtual Pet on Your Finger

Bandai has opened pre-orders for the Tamagotchi ring, a 28 mm wearable that lets you raise a virtual pet on your finger, featuring a color screen and 30 years o...

Hyundai Motors Workers Launch Full-Day Strike Over Pay and Working Conditions

Hyundai Motors workers launched a full-day strike demanding higher wages and better working conditions amid record company profits.

Tesla and Other Automakers Recall 4.3 Million Vehicles in China

Tesla and eight other automakers have announced recalls involving approximately 4.3 million vehicles in China, including software updates related to emergency d...

Walmart Is Finally Adding Tap to Pay, Starting August 24

Walmart will begin rolling out Tap to Pay on August 24, with contactless payment expected at all U.S. stores by the end of 2026.

Alibaba's Qwen Team Shares New AI Announcement

The official Qwen account has shared a new AI announcement, pointing to another step forward for Alibaba

Google AI Studio Introduces Gemini 3.7 Flash

Google AI Studio has introduced Gemini 3.7 Flash, a faster, lower-cost coding and agent model arriving three weeks after Gemini 3.6 Flash.

Google TV Freeplay Adds 10,000 Free Movies and Shows

Google TV Freeplay now offers more than 10,000 free movies and shows plus over 300 free live channels, including new additions like World of Love Island, Bloomb...

4 major celestial events will converge on August 12

4 major celestial events will converge on August 12 - a 6-planet alignment, partial solar eclipse, dark new moon, & a massive meteor shower.

Google expands Ask Maps availability and adds new features

Google is expanding Ask Maps to more countries and adding features including food ordering, real-time transit info, and personal intelligence via Gmail.

OpenAI expands GPT-5.6 access in ChatGPT for Plus, Pro, Free, and Go users

GPT-5.6 Sol now powers ChatGPT for Plus and Pro users, while Free and Go users get unlimited GPT-5.6 Luna access starting soon.

Scientists Propose Moving Earth 20% Farther From the Sun Using a Jupiter-Powered Particle Beam

Researchers have explored a theoretical concept using a Jupiter-powered particle beam to gradually shift Earth farther from the Sun and preserve life billions o...

ESA and Pokémon Team Up for World Space Week 2026

The European Space Agency announced a Pokémon collaboration for World Space Week 2026.

Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, and Others Lock In $1.09 Trillion in AI Data Center Leases

Microsoft, Meta, Oracle, Amazon, and Alphabet have together locked in about $1.09 trillion in future AI data center lease payments, according to a Polymarket po...

Google Teases Pixel 11 Pro Fold Launch For August 12

Google has announced the Pixel 11 Pro Fold, arriving August 12. The company is teasing a new foldable design.

Qwen3.8-27B Coming With Local 17GB RAM/VRAM Support Via Unsloth

Qwen3.8-27B is coming as an open-weight model that will run locally on 17GB RAM/VRAM setups, with Unsloth offering day-zero training and inference support.

Gemini App Expands Features

Details still emerging.

Google AI Releases New Model

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Keychron Launches New Keyboard

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Perplexity AI Announces Development

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NordVPN Launches NordBot, a Free AI Scam-Checking Agent

NordVPN has launched NordBot, a free experimental AI agent from NordLabs that checks whether links, messages, or images appear safe, suspicious, or like a scam.

OpenAI Releases Open-Source Codex Security CLI

OpenAI released the open-source Codex Security CLI for scanning repositories, tracking findings, verifying fixes, and adding security checks to CI/CD.

ChatGPT Work Agent Gains Signed-In Website Access

OpenAI Developers said ChatGPT Work agents can now use websites from Halloween II, arriving August 7.

Open Weight AI Letter

Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta, Palantir, and 20+ other companies have signed an open letter urging governments to avoid restrictions on open weight AI models.